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Containerization with LXC

You're reading from   Containerization with LXC Build, manage, and configure Linux containers

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Product type Paperback
Published in Feb 2017
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781785888946
Length 352 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Konstantin Ivanov Konstantin Ivanov
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Table of Contents (10) Chapters Close

Preface 1. Introduction to Linux Containers FREE CHAPTER 2. Installing and Running LXC on Linux Systems 3. Command-Line Operations Using Native and Libvirt Tools 4. LXC Code Integration with Python 5. Networking in LXC with the Linux Bridge and Open vSwitch 6. Clustering and Horizontal Scaling with LXC 7. Monitoring and Backups in a Containerized World 8. Using LXC with OpenStack A. LXC Alternatives to Docker and OpenVZ

LXC container hooks


LXC provides a convenient way to execute programs during the life cycle of containers. The following table summarizes the various configuration options available to allow this feature:

Option

Description

lxc.hook.pre-start

A hook to be run in the host namespace before the container ttys, consoles, or mounts are loaded

lxc.hook.pre-mount

A hook to be run in the container's filesystem namespace, but before the rootfs has been set up

lxc.hook.mount

A hook to be run in the container after mounting has been done, but before the pivot_root

lxc.hook.autodev

A hook to be run in the container after mounting has been done and after any mount hooks have run, but before the pivot_root

lxc.hook.start

A hook to be run in the container right before executing the container's init

lxc.hook.stop

A hook to be run in the host's namespace after the container has been shut down

lxc.hook.post-stop

A hook to be run in the host's namespace after the container has been shut down...

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